Where do people who work in Suitland (MD) usually live?

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Anonymous wrote:I would have to be so desperate to take a job in Suitland.

What an ignorant thing to say.

Agreed. I loved my job in Suitland (Census Bureau, NOAA, …). I worked with wonderful people there. Some even lived in Suitland (gasp!).

Forgot to say I commuted from Falls Church and worked as a contractor for 3 years there, then off and on for another 3years.

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Anonymous wrote:2021, Have a civilian job offer to work in Suitland, Maryland as GS-13 step 1...Is this a decent salary to live in the Washington DC area? And the second question is where to rent if working there? I need honest help since I am from northeast area..
Thx

If it's just you, yes it's definitely a fine salary to live in the DC area, especially as a renter. If you have a family and are the only income source, it starts getting tighter, though plenty of people do it.

Re: Suitland, a lot of younger people just starting out rent in either the Navy Yard area and metro out, or in Alexandria if they would prefer to drive. This thread is correct that a lot of the older employees in Suitland live further out in Calvert County or in Eastern Prince George's. Many reasons for that, but one factor is that there was no metro to Suitland until 2001, so many older workers' housing decisions predate that as an option. The youngish people I know who have bought places recently tend to be in houses around the gentrifying parts of NE/SE DC, in NW DC condos on the Green Line, or in Alexandria.

A lot of young people live in H street or Navy Yard and reverse commute.

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Anonymous wrote:2021, Have a civilian job offer to work in Suitland, Maryland as GS-13 step 1...Is this a decent salary to live in the Washington DC area? And the second question is where to rent if working there? I need honest help since I am from northeast area..
Thx

If it's just you, yes it's definitely a fine salary to live in the DC area, especially as a renter. If you have a family and are the only income source, it starts getting tighter, though plenty of people do it.

Re: Suitland, a lot of younger people just starting out rent in either the Navy Yard area and metro out, or in Alexandria if they would prefer to drive. This thread is correct that a lot of the older employees in Suitland live further out in Calvert County or in Eastern Prince George's. Many reasons for that, but one factor is that there was no metro to Suitland until 2001, so many older workers' housing decisions predate that as an option. The youngish people I know who have bought places recently tend to be in houses around the gentrifying parts of NE/SE DC, in NW DC condos on the Green Line, or in Alexandria.

A lot of young people live in H street or Navy Yard and reverse commute.

Yeah I'm the PP and I live near H Street. If I were looking for an apartment/condo I'd probably stay on the Green Line just to avoid a transfer, but if you want to live in a rowhouse it's a great place to be for a Suitland commute. It's also a very easy drive if you are in a hurry or far from a Metro station, since the reverse commute traffic is very light. Suitland Federal Center is only a mile or so outside of the DC border.

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Anonymous wrote:It really adds to sprawl and traffic when they locate government agencies in place no white collar employee wants to live. They should put these agencies in Burke or Springfield or Olney or downtown. So much more convenient than trying to figure out where to live while schlepping to Suitland every day.

So the already prosperous pale areas get richer and the poor areas get to sit back and watch the wealth gap continue grow bigger? All while the established middle class gets to think that it was by their inalienable intelligence and work ethic is why they have their comfortable life and the others simply were not smart enough to get what you have? Do you think the fed is immune to the allure of lower costs of operation and land? Or is it that you think the people in these areas are incapable of actually having a fed job and your comfort and commute should be what the entire government bases its decisions off of?

Bradbury produces many fine high functioning kids, they might be the type of kids that make the moms in Lululemon comfortable but many people could care less.

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And all of the outlier agency facilities/moves were negotiated in late 90’s early 2ks by the Beltway Four - Hoyer, Wynn, Morella, Wolf.

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Anonymous wrote:2021, Have a civilian job offer to work in Suitland, Maryland as GS-13 step 1...Is this a decent salary to live in the Washington DC area? And the second question is where to rent if working there? I need honest help since I am from northeast area..
Thx

If it's just you, yes it's definitely a fine salary to live in the DC area, especially as a renter. If you have a family and are the only income source, it starts getting tighter, though plenty of people do it.

Re: Suitland, a lot of younger people just starting out rent in either the Navy Yard area and metro out, or in Alexandria if they would prefer to drive. This thread is correct that a lot of the older employees in Suitland live further out in Calvert County or in Eastern Prince George's. Many reasons for that, but one factor is that there was no metro to Suitland until 2001, so many older workers' housing decisions predate that as an option. The youngish people I know who have bought places recently tend to be in houses around the gentrifying parts of NE/SE DC, in NW DC condos on the Green Line, or in Alexandria.

A lot of young people live in H street or Navy Yard and reverse commute.

Yeah I'm the PP and I live near H Street. If I were looking for an apartment/condo I'd probably stay on the Green Line just to avoid a transfer, but if you want to live in a rowhouse it's a great place to be for a Suitland commute. It's also a very easy drive if you are in a hurry or far from a Metro station, since the reverse commute traffic is very light. Suitland Federal Center is only a mile or so outside of the DC border.

Also, depending on where you'd work, it can be kind of a hike across the Federal campus - Census is right at the gate to the metro station but the Coast Guard and Navy offices are a good 15 min walk. Then again, their parking is pretty tight right now, too. If you're going to work odd hours, you will probably want to drive as Suitland's a tough neighborhood and metro very early or late is a little weirder than during normal commuting hours.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband works in Suitland.We live in North Potomac. He takes the ICC usually and his commute is 1 hr. It is not too bad when you consider that he can telework twice a week. Other people he works with live in Columbia, Arlington and Alexandria.

We live in North Potomac. My husband is at Census. What is the ICC?

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Anonymous wrote:Upper Marlboro

Yup

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Anonymous wrote:My husband works in Suitland.We live in North Potomac. He takes the ICC usually and his commute is 1 hr. It is not too bad when you consider that he can telework twice a week. Other people he works with live in Columbia, Arlington and Alexandria.

We live in North Potomac. My husband is at Census. What is the ICC?

200

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband works in Suitland.We live in North Potomac. He takes the ICC usually and his commute is 1 hr. It is not too bad when you consider that he can telework twice a week. Other people he works with live in Columbia, Arlington and Alexandria.

We live in North Potomac. My husband is at Census. What is the ICC?

200

Thanks! I didn't realize that takes him to Suitland. I love the 200 - but that 40 miles each way is crazy.

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Virginia, and never park outside the fence/gate at Suitland.

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Anonymous wrote:Waldorf or LaPlata

Nope. These areas are going downhill fast.
Pretty houses, trash people and a lot of racists. We moved out of there and are so much happier.

If you need to be on the MD side, look at Calvert or St. Mary's Counties vs. Charles.

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Anonymous wrote:Kingstown. Burke. Arlington. Best options

Burke and Arlington and no where near suit land and would be a horrible commute.

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Anonymous wrote:Kingstown. Burke. Arlington. Best options

Burke and Arlington and no where near suit land and would be a horrible commute.

Arlington is one of the shorter commutes with decent schools

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband works in Suitland.We live in North Potomac. He takes the ICC usually and his commute is 1 hr. It is not too bad when you consider that he can telework twice a week. Other people he works with live in Columbia, Arlington and Alexandria.

We live in North Potomac. My husband is at Census. What is the ICC?

200

Thanks! I didn't realize that takes him to Suitland. I love the 200 - but that 40 miles each way is crazy.

200 does not go to Suitland. 200 goes to 95 and then you need to take the beltway to 295 or all the way around the Suitland.